The Crawlspace
Under the heavy plywood cover in the closet is the opening to the crawlspace where my supplies wait in cardboard boxes labeled correspondence, family photos, genealogy, tax returns, and journals. I don’t know when I will bring the boxes out of storage. My intention was to start this year but that is changed. Perhaps next year I begin my project to tell a story of my family using these supplies to document and illuminate the past. Now we are away from home, in Jacksonville, Florida living with our daughter and grandson. We came here January 23, 2023 because on January 18th our son-in-law was taken out of his home in handcuffs. It is likely he will not be seen again by any of us for many years, if ever. None of us would have imagined he could have committed such a crime. ...
